How to Install and Uninstall ncat Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "ncat" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install ncat on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncat" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ncat on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ncat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncat package on Kali Linux

Package: ncat
Source: nmap
Version: 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-2+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 588
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblua5.4-0 (>= 5.4.6), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Homepage: https://nmap.org/
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/net
Filename: pool/non-free/n/nmap/ncat_7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-2+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 393968
SHA256: 953cb6685bca20e3084ca689feb2d32f03d228ca737eb243b4a95bfb48a599c2
SHA1: 2fc3b2e0bc24cca5367ccc084786fb842cb27e26
MD5sum: cc0733ed131baa694703a062ca26d330
Description: NMAP netcat reimplementation
ncat is a reimplementation of Netcat by the NMAP project, providing
most of the features present in the original implementations, along
with some new features such as IPv6 and SSL support. Port scanning
support has been removed.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools